Ferry & bag drag - current status

[cvchief]

Interesting. I thought Europa was moving over there while the build the condo on the site Europa is on now?

And I thought the Federal Route that got permission for was the regular playa pier to CZM pier. Like Barcos Caribe did.

 

[ggunn]

Interesting. I thought Europa was moving over there while the build the condo on the site Europa is on now?

And I thought the Federal Route that got permission for was the regular playa pier to CZM pier. Like Barcos Caribe did.

Time will tell, I guess.

 

[cvchief]

I dug up the article. Sounds like just a 3rd ferry.

Aprueban dos embarcaciones más para cruce a Cozumel

La ruta Playa del Carmen-Cozumel y viceversa reportó durante el primer trimestre de este año 818 mil 296 movimientos de pasajeros.

sipse.com

 

[mediumone]

That's the way I read it.

 

[gopbroek]

Here is another article but it does not clear up whether the route will be from Cozumel to the Playa Pier or directly to the Xcaret and Xel Ha theme parks.

Grupo Xcaret could soon begin to operate mainland to Cozumel crossing - Riviera Maya News

Playa del Carmen, Q.R. -- Playa del Carmen and Cozumel ferry passengers could soon have another option with the Grupo Xcaret ferry vessels.

www.riviera-maya-news.com

 

[lionfish-eater]

From the article above


In October of 2019, Grupo Xcaret acquired the two vessels. At the time, Miguel Quintana Pali, president of the Xcaret Group, reported that they had acquired the 650-capacity person vessels and planned to set sail from a berth on the beachfront of the Xcaret park for which they had already obtained the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources permits.

He explained that the vessels would be used to cross between Cozumel and their Riviera Maya theme parks.

“We are trying to bring passengers, cruise tourists from Cozumel because the complaint is the way they have to get to Playa del Carmen is to get off a boat and take one or two shuttles to get to our parks.

“We have already acquired two passenger ships (…) they will go pick up tourists at the Cozumel docks and bring them to our land,” he explained.

Instead, they began operating the Isla Mujeres-Cancun Hotel Zone run in December of 2021. There has not been any official date released as to when they will begin to offer the service or if it will run Cozumel-Xcaret theme parks as initially planned, or if they will run Cozumel-Playa del Carmen instead.

 

[ReefHound]

This does not sound like it will be of much interest or help to the bag drag folks or general ferry crossing passengers.

 

[ccannon707]

Agree ReefHound. I believe it's to make it easier for Cozumel tourists to go to Xcaret and back.

 

[dflaher]

Would be an option for Cozumel divers that want to dive the cenotes? Forgive my Yucatan geography; I searched and saw Playa Nudista and got sidetracked.